The ETSi obtains EUR-ACE® International Quality Seals in its Master's degrees

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The ETSi has obtained the Seal in the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering, Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering, Master's Degree in Electronics, Robotics and Automation, Master's Degree in Electrical Energy Systems and the Master's Degree in Thermal Energy Systems. Obtaining the Seal in the Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering deserves special mention, which is why the Successive Course Academic Program (PARS) in Chemical Engineering is the first to have the EUR-ACE® Seal in the ETSi. Likewise, the Double Master's Degree in Chemical Engineering and Environmental Engineering is the first double master's degree of its kind to have the EUR-ACE® Seal in all of Spain.

This recognition has positive retroactive effects for graduates of the above-mentioned degrees who graduated from the ETSi as of February 2021, so these graduates will have a mention of the Seal in their European Diploma Supplements.

The ETSi already had this distinction for all its undergraduate degrees, including the degrees belonging to the Andalucía Tech Campus of International Excellence. 

The EUR-ACE® Program is a collaborative project in which 38 countries, mainly European, participate, and which is supported by national evaluation agencies, ANECA in the case of Spain, which carry out evaluations in each country. The EUR-ACE® Seal is a certificate granted by an agency authorized by the European Network for the Accreditation of Engineering Education (ENAEE) to a university regarding a Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering evaluated according to a series of defined standards, according to with the principles of quality, relevance, transparency, recognition and mobility contemplated in the European Higher Education Area. For this reason, the Spanish Engineering Institute (IIE), as one of the country's most representative institutions of the engineering profession, and ANECA, as the main actor in

the process of renewing the accreditation of degrees in Spain, carry out a joint collaboration that promotes the quality and international recognition of Spanish bachelor's and master's degrees in the field of engineering.

Obtaining the EUR-ACE® Seal represents recognition for the Center of excellence in the training of engineering professionals in a multitude of disciplines. It is precisely the diversity of degrees taught by the ETSi, which distinguishes it from other schools at the state level and which is positively valued for obtaining the Seal. In particular, the EUR-ACE® Seal certifies that graduates of the evaluated degrees:

· They meet the quality criteria established and agreed by international quality assurance agencies in higher education, based on international standards recognized by employers in Europe.

· Recognizes the quality of the degree inside and outside the country where it is taught, this recognition being an incentive for potential students to choose it.

· Assures employers of degree graduates that the knowledge and practical skills of degree graduates meet a series of international educational standards in the field of the Seal degree.

The Management of the ETSi continues, promoting the development and modernization of the engineering degrees taught at the center, ensuring the quality of the study plans and teaching within the framework of the European Higher Education Area (EHEA), and the common services of the ETSi, which results in a better and more efficient service to the Society to which the School is indebted. In particular, it is the intention of the ETSi to subject the remaining Master's Degrees in Engineering to evaluation.